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VESSEL REPORTED AGROUND

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According to a report made to the Harbour Office.by Capt, L. V. Rowe, master of the ns. Newehwang, the 4.5. Davilen went nground in the early hours of yesterday morning at Tai Mel Light, near Canton.

Enquiries at the shipping office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.. Ltd., local agents for the Daviken, elletted the fact that no report of a occident had been received. might be possible that she went over- the Bar and

temporarily stranded, which quite frequently occurred.

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The Daviken is expected to ar rive at 2 p.m. to-day and is sche- duled to' sall for Shanghai, Tsinglao and Swatow at 6 p.m. She Is comi- manded by Capt. Svone and has a nett tonnage of 1,778.

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The

FINAL EDITION

Supreme Court/

Hongkong Telegraph.

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No. +15140

三拜禮辦三月三英港香

WEDNESDAY,

MARCH

1937.

日一廿月正

Britain Arms

Only to Keep

World's

Peace

EDEN DEFENDS FOREIGN

POLICY IN HOUSE

Building Upon

Covenant

Still

League

London, March 2.

Replying to criticisms of his foreign policy, made by LEADER'S the Labour member, Mr. David Grenfell, Mr. Anthony

HEARING

LIU LU-YING GOES TO HANKOW

Shanghai, March 3.

An immediate hearing will be

Eden, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons to-day that he would avoid what was known as the "Baldwin confidence trick," while at the same time not saying too little.

The very existence of the Non-Intervention Committee had reduced the international dangers arising from the Spanish civil war, Mr. Eden declared. From the ying, former member of South-West first the Government had deliberately supported the arrested on charges of complicity in policy of non-intervention, taking the initiative repeated-

actorded in the case of Mr. Liu Lu-

Political Council, who has been

the

asspasinution of two prominently. Chinese officials,

The hearing will take place in the

Hupch High Court when accused Klangan to-morrow ur Friday, ac

arrives at Hankow aboard the 5.5.

cording to the Chinese press.

Accompanied by relatives and trients, Mr. Liu left for Hankow yesterday, under guard of Chinese police officers-Reuter.

"SWEEPERS”

FOR S'PORE

this month.

The Government's policy admittedly had had a chequered career, but it had been proved right. As soon as the frontier control scheme was in operation in Spain, which it was hoped would be next week, the next task would be to deal with direct intervention, particularly the withdrawal of foreigners fighting in Spain.

Mr. Eden paid a warm tribute to the patience and perseverence of the Chairman of the International Com- mittee and said he though the new agreement on volunteers would go a long way to remove completely the In European peace arlsing EA war. He

langers

guese dilleulties over

the control

A tatilla of mine-sweepers is to from the Spanish civil be based in the Far East by Britain spoke understandingly of the Portu- They will nominally be stationed plan and apprecivatively of the olter at Singapore, but will be available which had led to the Anglo-Portu- guese arrangement now accepted by the International Committee for the Portuguese-Spanish Irontier.

"in an emergency" for Hongkong or elsewhere.

There is also a possibility that an- oller flotilla may, in the near future, be based at Hongkong.

LEAGUE SUCCESS

The Foreign Secretary then turned

The nine mine-sweepers compris to defend the League of Nations

ing the flotilla based at Singapore

are expected to arrive there

against those who described it as on virtually dead. The solution of the

which

might

have

March 16. They are the Abingdon, Alexandretta dispute between France Huntley, Fareham, Aberdare, Hat- and Turkey, Tow,

Mine-Sweeping Flotilla,

lo

Wis

ADDING

TO ARMED STRENGTH

SINGLE COPY 10 CENTE $50.00 PER ANNUM

TRANSPORT AND MESS DETAILS EFFECTIVE

In recent "emergency" ma noeuvres carried out on an extensive scale by the Shanghai Volun teers and the Shanghai Municip al Police, two of the most important services were the transport and viessing. Photos show (upper left) Captain J. D. E. Shatter, in charge of the Transpot Section, dis- cuasing problems with a colleague: (right) mess boys preparing to feed the Volunteers, watched by a aupervisor. Lower: One of the detachments ready for speedy depar ture for the scene of operations awaiting the signal at Headquarters,

BRITAIN MUST

RULE SEAS

ADMILAL SEES HONGKONG

AS STRATEGIC BASE "Britain's rearmament programme is splendid news for the Empire, particularly the Far Eastern possessions," declared Admiral Sir Eric Fullerton, K.C.B., D.S.O., who, before his retirement last year, was Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth and before that Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station.

Admiral Fullerton, accompanied by his wife, the Hon. Lady Fullerton, daughter of Lord Fisher, and their only daughter, Miss Katharine Fullerton, is making his first visit to the Far East on a pleasure trip. They are on the Blue Funnel liner Patroclus, which passed through Hongkong yesterday en route to Shanghai.

ENGLAND EASILY DEFEATED

DUNLOP FORT *90*

This new tyre meets: the conditions pro duced by increased #car efficien

TEST MATCH ENDS IN FIASCO

AUSTRALIANS. KEEP "ASHES".

Melbourne, March 3, Ten thousand spectators were given free admission to the the closing stages of the final cricket ground here to witness Test match between_Australia. and England. They saw only two balls bowled!

The first ball, sent down by Fleet-

wood-Smith to Voce, caused the Eng- the bolt to mid-an, where Badcocit

NUFFIELD MONEY TO RE-OPEN COLLIERY

2,500 MEN IDLE SINCE 1935

WILD WITH EXCITEMENT

com-

London, Mar. 2. The Minister of Labour, Mr. Ernest Brown, announced in the House of Commons to-day that' as a result of negotiations be tween the Nuffield Trustees, the Special Areas Reconstruction Association and certain panies, an agreement has been reached whereby a new company will be formed immediately to work the Whitehaven collleries Camberland, which were closed in 1935, resulting in 2,500 miners being thrown out of work.

In

Mr. Brown and he believed that this arrangement would inrgely solve. unemployment in Whitehaven-a re- mark which was greeted with cheers,

Whitehaven went wild with excite- ment when it received news of the Minister's announcement, as prae- tically every insured worker in the is out of work. Migration had seemed to be the only solution of the town's plight.

town

"Gosh! That's grand," declared the Mayor when told the news.

It is understood that the owners of the colliery are now negotiating with a Scottish iron and steel com- pany. Reuter.

WORKERS WIN WAGE INCREASE

WORKING HOURS ARE REDUCED

STEEL-FIRMS”- CONCESSIONS

Pittsburgh, March 2. lish batsman's dismissal Voce hit

Apparently the United States" caught him out for one run, made line with the requirements of quickly snatched the chance and entire steel industry will fall into” last evening.

the Walsh-Healey wage and the last English batsman, then Ame in and from the very next working hours measure, and bali by Fleetwood-Smith he was recognise unions. The caught at deep mid-on by Nash. Illinois Steel management led Verity was 2 not out.

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"There is no doubt that it is imperative for Britain to command the seas," Admiral Fullerton said. "In no other way can she preserve peace in the world.

"Singapore and Hongkong are assuming increasing Australia won the rubber, retaining day for a 40-hour week, as from importance as strategic centres in Britain's defence plan. Strong naval forces are essential to them."

"The

ITALY, GERMANY AND AMERICA

ENORMOUS PROJECTS

Rome, March 2. Widnes, Stoke, Derby

and had grave consequences,

The Fascist Grand Council's Bogshot, onleially known as the 2nd success which

to was owed in large decision

increase Italy's

rearmanient admirable work fighting forces is expected to

programme the incasure to of the Council's Rapporteur, the apply chiefly to the Navy and affords a marvellous opportunity for Swedish Foreign Minister. It'

young men to adopt the Navy as a con- career. There are certain to be inany mutter for congratulation that Air Service, which were

to hand showed that siderably expanded last autumn. opportunities now. I only wish I information to class, built during the war, and

local

fecling in Sanjak warmly wel

Air bases are already under were ten years younger. practically uniform in design and

comed the

the settlement achieved by construction in Sardinia, Sicily equipment They are of 840

tons the League.

"I was particularly interested in the successes received તે displacement and have a top speed little notice because a crisis which and South Italy. A new base recent Singapore manoeuvres, and ama had been resolved censed to be news, for light nastal craft, it is under- pleased that they demonstrated the wheras reverses

rses suffered by those stood, is being created at Pan- virtual impregnability of the Singa- working for peace were widely ad-

Those bases are ex- vertised because their fallures had telleria. important consequences which were pected to give Italy complete:

control of the narrows between Sicily and Africa-Reuter.

Commander J. R. N. Taylor, of

Abingdon, is in command.

All the vessels are of the Hunt

of about 10 knots. Their armament

is a single 4-in. gun, and a 12- pounder, or four three-pounders in fleu of the 12-pounders.

ARMY MOVING

NEW BILLETS

Shanghal, March 3.

cumulative.

"

Such

was

Ending a hopeful commentary on the future of the League, Mr. Eden rald:

am sorry I can give no similar happy account of the progress negotiations for a new Western

of

of

NAVAL APPROPRIATION

Washington, Mar. 2. agreement". Many matters, Includ- An appropriation of $520,000,000 Ing the complications created by the for the Navy Department for the is nearly The Chinese preus confirms that Spanish civil conflict, had milllated next fiscal year, which

that the $50,000,000 less than the budgeted Marshal Chang Hsuch-llang's former against progress. Now army will be withdrawn from Shensi Spanish danger was less, they had

propriations Committee of the Houso and sent to Honan and Anhal. Hsu- got to make another effort to achieve propate, was approved by the Ape

Representatives

The to-day. chow and other points along the progress, and he did not yet despair of Peiping-Hankow Rallway are being pround a table on this issue.

ned chief reduction is in respect of new getting the nations concerned

Even naval construction which has been prepared for their reception."

30, that would only be the first step reduced from $157,000,000 to $130,- Unita, of the army already in Kansu to a general settlement which was the 000,000, due to the fact that certain

appropriations will also be transferred.-Reuter.

for the current year British Government's uim.

On the German claim to restora-

ends on June 30. the recent reply in the

New construction authorised in- 251 of which will ment have not considered and are not be for replacement, two non-rigid considering the transfer of any airships, eight destroyers and four territory under British political con- submaries. Work will also continue trol That remained the policy of on two battleships and three sircraft His Majesty's Government.

carriera, 11 cruisers, 48 destroyers and 16 submarines-Reuter,

won't

pore foretress," he said.

WAR SERVICE. Admiral Fullerton-is a son of the late Admiral Sir J. RT. Fullerton. He is 58,

TELEPHONE COMPANY GRIEVANCE

NOT SATISFIED WITH

FRANCHISE

EXPANSION AFFECTED

Declaring that the growth of

The English team had thus been the movement, granting in- all dismissed, with no addition to the creases of wages to all employees overnight score of 185 for 8, and and setting a minimum of $5 per. the "Ashes" after having lost the first two matches.

"THE INFERNAL COIN” When the match ended, thousands

of spectators swarmed on to the pitch and cut out pieces as souvenirs.

March 16. The increases affect 120,000 workers.

It is expected that the remainder of the NS. Steel subsidiaries wil follow suits

In paying a tribute to the Engilsh-

An announcement from the Illinois company said that the adjustments men, Don Bradman, the Australian

were necessary in order to qualify the captain, said the rain deall England a

Brin to bid on Government contracts, cruel blow, but he had not heard a

Simultaneously, the Committee of word of complaint. He hoped to re- new their acquaintanceship in Eng-Lewis' gigantic labour movement, and Industrial Organisation, Mr. J. L. land in 1930.

the nflated Amalgamated' Associn- G. O. B. Allen, the English skipper, tion Association of Iron, Steel and Tin ability he would be the happiest man replied that if he had Bradman's Workers announced they had signed a one year contract with Illinois Steel, The which affected only union men. company corrected this Impression, however, saying the wage and hour scale was general.

in the world. Australia owed much to her captain, who was magnificent, first with the bat and then with the Infernal coin. He added: "Bradman anys, we have not complained, but-I think it will be agreed that we are not the luckiest team to have toured Australia!“

England 2nd. Inna.

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Later to-day the Jones-Laughlin Steel Company announced wage la- creates to $5 and maximum 8-hour day, affecting 22,000 men. And from Wheeling, West Virginia, the Wheel- Ing Steel people followed suit.

the

Said President Roosevelt, regarding

possible

change in relationship between the Government and steel manufacturers with the raise of wages and 40-hour week rule; "I have dis- cussed the general welfare of the steel industry with Mr. Myren C.

However, So Taylor.

I have heard conectning the present wage and hour adjustments." Miss Frances Perking, Labour Secretary, said she was in constant touch with the operators and unions. COMPLIMENTS TAYLOR'

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nothing directly

tion of her colonics, Mr. Eden recalled Your De expended by the time the Fleet until the end of the war, after morning that several anomalies

ย cers at Cambridge University until

Hause.

Mas

STOP PRESS previously, stated, that the Govern- cludes 307

Nanking, Mar. 3. Dr. Wang Chung-hul, former judge

of the Hague Court and ex-president

BRITAIN'S OBLIGATIONS

In the concluding part of his |speech," the Foreign Secretary

MIGHTY AIR FLEET

London, Mar. 2. of the Judicial Yuan, has been ap-lysed the position of Briteln ns

It is now revealed that Germany pointed Foreign Minister in succession ho had defined it in his speech at has tripled her air forces during the to General Chiang Chan who resigned Leamington in relation to foreign past year, and that the present total on February 22.-Reuter.

commitments to the League Covenant, of her war planes is above 2,000. and to re-armament. He added his This figure includes all types, includ- own to the Chancellor of the Excho- Ing bombers, of first line machines. quer's recent challenge to the Op- The United Preis, glvén necess to a

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(Contintic (Page 7)

During the War he was in command of the monitors Severn, Humber and Mersey during the engagement with the right Blank of the German Army,

The weather was cool and sunny off the Belgian Coast in 1914. At the the Hongkong Telephone Com-when the game was resumed this end of the year he was promoted

morning. Details: rapid in recent years that it In 1915 he served in East Africa was beginning to outgrow ther. S. Worthington, e Bradman, C. J. Barnett, 1.b.w., O'Relly ... Captain, having been mentioned in pany, Limited, had been som

when he was awarded the D.S.O. He Government franchise, the Hon.

b McCormick was frequently mentioned in des- Mr. Stanley H. Dodwell (Chair-J. Hardstall, b Nash patches.

The following year he commanded man) remarked at the annual W. R. Hammond, e Bradman,

b O'Reilly Leyland, McCormick, the battleship Orion with the Grand meeting of shareholders this

Smith which he was in charge of naval off threatened to deprive the Com-R. E. 5. Wyatt run out

any of the incentive to ever-E. G. Ames, e McCabe,

McCormick 1021.

increasing efficiency by limiting G. O. B. Allen, e Nash, b O'Reilly NAVAL SECRETARY He was subsequently successively the Company's prospect of re-H. Verity, not out

wärd.

W. Voce, e Badcock, b Fleetwood- In Com-

Smith reviewing lust успе Mr. Captain of the Fleet, HLM.S. Queen Elizabeth, Atlantie. Fleet, modora of the Royal Naval Barracks Dodwell sold there had been definite K. Farnes, Nashi, b Fleetwood-

Smith at Chatham, and Naval Secretary to signs of the return to prosperity by the First Lord of the Admiralty from an increased number of exchange 1027 to 1920, having been promoted lines for the first time since 1932.

(Continued on Page 7) Rear-Admiral in 1026.

He was Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Stalion from 1929 to 1832, kong severn! times before and is "de- and for the next two and a-half lighted to be East again.",

McCormick years he was: Commander-in-Chief, "I adore being out here,” she said. Nosh Plymouth. He had been promoted On their visit to China Sir Eric O'Reilly Vico-Admiral in 1930 and Admiral in and his wife and daughter will go to MeCabr 1935 and was knighted in 1034. Pelping, returning to London in time Fleetwood-Smith

Lady Fullerton has been to Hong-'for the Coronation celobrations.

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Mr. J. L. Lewis, regarding the 1 settlement, observed: "It is a ne example of intelligent approach, to 01 great economic problems, made 3 possible by the far-seeing vision of an industrial statesman, Mr. Myron.C. 105 Taylor." He said he find conferred with Mr. Taylor for several months. Labour leaders say the agreement is the first ever, negotiated with any other than company unions. “and un- doubtedly effects a definite change In the labour policy." They expect unionisation of the entire steel in- dustry and the death of the com pany unions-United Press.

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